Right? I bet she and Joe Biden's mom would've loved each other.
Home schooling? You know, it's not just for scary religious people anymore.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
JenP - Aug 28, 2008 5:19:29 pm PDT #6032 of 10003
sarameg - Aug 28, 2008 5:22:14 pm PDT #6033 of 10003
Yep. (Also, she sounds like the crazy idealists I grew up going to annual quaker camp with. Closest I can imagining coming to my kinda people being in DC.)
Barb - Aug 28, 2008 5:24:16 pm PDT #6034 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
Candy, in high school, as a band fundraiser, rocked, because yeah, people did buy it right in class.
The other fundraiser we did for band was we worked concessions at the Orange Bowl for UM and Dolphins games. The band members would work the stands selling trays of sodas or the bins of hot dogs. Each tray or bin sold was notched in our individual accounts, the money going to pay for our band trips expenses. For overall band expenses, the parents worked a stand in the concourse selling beer.
It was a wicked good gig, but again, we're talking kids who were fifteen and up. With respect to the kinds of fundraisers the PTO here has a tendency to ask the kids to participate in, it's stuff like gift wrap or those tins of candies or cookies and where you run into a problem is when you have multiple kids in one family, plus we live in a planned urban development with a ton of kids who all go to the same school. Being able to opt out by just writing a check is a good thing, from that standpoint.
(And hopefully, I regained karma points by doubling the suggested donation.)
billytea - Aug 28, 2008 5:25:45 pm PDT #6035 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Mine is quite tasteful in comparison: FCM Ozzie Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons.
Gene Simmons got a mention at my D&D game the other week. Led to a discussion that confused the hell out of me until I realised they were mistaking him for Richard Simmons.
Jesse - Aug 28, 2008 5:32:43 pm PDT #6036 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse, what was your varsity jacket for?
Soccer. They put me on varsity because I was a senior. Actually, I don't remember if the jacket actually has a varsity letter on it, but whatever. I liked playing JV my junior year better, because I wasn't quite as embarassing on JV, and I actually got to play.
Edit: Nope, not a "varsity" jacket, just a soccer jacket. Also in my closet, I found a Penn Field Hockey windbreaker, and I have literally no idea where that came from. Did I even know anyone who played field hockey? Srsly.
tommyrot - Aug 28, 2008 5:36:04 pm PDT #6037 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't think it's possible for us to become independent of foreign oil in ten years.
amych - Aug 28, 2008 5:56:23 pm PDT #6038 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
so, so good.
tommyrot - Aug 28, 2008 5:57:37 pm PDT #6039 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah. Amazing.
Kat - Aug 28, 2008 6:00:32 pm PDT #6040 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I always wanted a varsity jacket. Then, in college, I got one. And it was so cheap and cheesy with the faux leather arms that got stiff.
Can I talk about how beautifully styled and color-coordinated the Obama family are? From his tie to the dresses... it's really well done. The repeating tones and colors are perfect - and purplish -- that great combo of red and blue!
I think that the classical stage looks a little like a West Wing set, the outdoor walkway area.
Jesse - Aug 28, 2008 6:01:39 pm PDT #6041 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I don't know what they were talking about -- it looks just like the freaking White House!
Can I talk about how beautifully styled and color-coordinated the Obama family are? From his tie to the dresses... it's really well done. The repeating tones and colors are perfect - and purplish -- that great combo of red and blue!
Totally.